Comments and Meeting Points

Just a random tid-bit here before I gloss over points from today's meeting.

I actually had no idea that other people were reading this bar myself and supervisor, so thanks to anyone who has been reading this. It may not make much sense to you a lot of the time, as it is an area for me to record thoughts and ideas, but still, thanks for taking the time to read and even comment.

After seeing that comments had been made I went through and checked each of my entries for any other comments and I was surprised to say the least. I'm actually quite happy to see that people have commented, so once again thank you. ^_^

So, now..

Meeting notes:

Key points from meeting

• Keys
• Office Space
• Paluma Trip
• Geotagging
• Google Maps - SketchUp
• Microsoft Photo Synth
• Thesis Proposal
• Modelling Approaches

(didn't have my livescribe pen on me at the time so didn't get everything, if I remember anything I'll add it)

Proposed work:

• Model an area (rough, just using basic polygons and textures) and see how long it takes (e.g., street view or something basic)
• Basic models of trees/bushes
• Build a texture library~!

Recent Meeting and Thesis Proposal

Had a meeting with Ian earlier over Skype. Strangely enough, that would've been my actual first time using skype for voice/video chat. Good service on the chance that your connection is stable.

So got some interesting points to look at for my proposal. I've got a good idea of my research plan now and also the scale. I'm just hoping that its not too big.

Main concerns is over the GIS data and modelling everything on top of it. Just depends on how the council makes use of the data, if it's an object file or something which I can easily import into Maya or 3DS Max, would make life so much more easier.

Currently sitting in the car updating while on a drive. Wireless is actually better while in the car then in the house. Haven't experienced one drop out yet.

Tomorrow and over the weekend, there won't be any updates from me as I'll pretty much be unreachable all weekend while I'm at an event, so gotta see what I can do before then. (Hence why netbook + wireless in the car) At least this way I'm not losing time twiddling my thumbs in a car ride.

On the subject of netbooks and wireless broadband sticks - fantastic investment. The best $400 I've ever spent. At some point I wouldn't mind writing up a full review on the netbook just simply because I don't think many people realise how good they really are.

Back on subject of thesis. The way I want to 'start' with my project is ideally when I get back to Townsville to jump into modelling right away. That's going to be one of the tasks that is the most time consuming. There's two options for that; modelling using Google Earth Pro (similar to what is happening with a model of the JCU campus) or doing it through 3DS/Maya and either creating an environment within the application (will be extremely slow due to the volume of polygons in any one scene) OR porting the models into something like a game engine. I just need to make sure I have an environment in which a user can navigate through successfully. The other thing with the game engines is making sure it supports stereoscopic 3D and is direct X 10 enabled.

A few different things to look at, but things to think about none-the-less.

Honours Meeting: Gianna [02Mar10]

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Back Dated Entry: Notes from meeting with Gianna and Ian

Research Questions:

- Look at questions

Journal Articles

- Find a target journal

- Write for that journal

- Concise Language

IT Conferences for Work

30% Differences

Paluma Community

Using the displace of a VR environment for the actual environment

-> Does this represent your environment?

--- Validility of the tool

Future Scenarios

-> Technology to present (Context of responses)

-> How do you respond to that [Future scenarios]?

Stats

Townsville Community

Surveys VS Technology

-> How does this compare with the original methods of study?

Experimental Field Structure

Tourism Analysis Journal -> Q2.

Value of a vision?

- What is your end destination?

--> Future views?

Example:

Riverway

- Cafe' at Riverway

--> Popularity?

Journal Article - Structure

• Abstract ~ 1 Page (A5 Sized Pages)
• Introduction 2-3 Pages
• Gaps in Literature ~ 2 Pages
• Aims of Study ~1/2 page
• Methods ~ 4 Pages
• --- Procedure
• --- Sample
• Results and Discussion ~ 7 Pages
• --- Aim One - Analysis of Decision Making Process
• --- Organisation Process
• --- ... etc
• --- Constraints
• Implications - Exentending Existing Decision-Making Models ~ 2 Pages
• Future Research ~ 1 Page
• Summary and Conclusions ~ 1 Page
• References [As Required]

Questions for Different Fields:

IT VS Tourism

Q1. Aimed at IT

Q2. Aimed at Tourism

Q3. Aimed at IT and Tourism

How people respond to changes

[ Detailed Updates Later]